Wire-stretcher.



W. M. LOTTRIDGB.

WIRE STRBTCHER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1912.

1,1 0 1,704, Patented June 30, 1914.

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WILLIAM M. LOTTRIDGE, OF HUNTSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-STRETCHER.

Application filed November 7, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. Lor'rnmon, acitizen of the United States, residing at Huntsville, in the county ofSchuyler and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulWire-Stretcher, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire stretchers, its object being to provide asimple structure of this character which utilizes a single chain as ameans for connecting the device to a post or the like and for alsoconnecting the device to the wire to be stretched.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which can beused to pull in either direction desired.

Another object is to provide a tool of this character which can be usedfor gripping logs and for similar purposes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the coinbination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2is a plan view thereof with the chain removed. Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe chain engaging shank and its jaws. Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofone of the forked hooks on the bar.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a barhaving its ends curved beyond one side thereof to form forked hooks 2and 3. Thus the bar outlines a yoke. Pivotally connected to the bar at apoint between the hooks 2 and 3 is a shank 4- having opposed jaws 5which are offset laterally so as to lie at opposite sides of the bar 1.The shank 4% has a socket to receive a lever 6 of wood or any othersuitable material.

The parts hereinbefore described are adapted to be used in connectionwith a chain such as indicated at 7. When the tool is to be used fortightening a wire, one end of the chain 7 is attached to a post or otherfixed structure, while the other end of the chain is secured to the wireto be drawn. The chain is then drawn taut and placed in Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented June 3(1 1914:.

Serial No. 730,065.

engagement with the two hooks 2 and 3, the intermediate portion of thechain hanging slack between the hooks as shown. One of the links of thechain is then placed in engagement with the jaws 5 of shank 4 and saidshank is swung by means of handle or lever 6 so as to cause the jaws topull upon the chain. The drawn portion of the chain will thus slip overthe hook engaged thereby and after the jaws 5 have been swung a deslreddistance, that portion of the chain out of engagement with the hooks ofbar 1 is pressed downwardly into engagement with the adjoining hook asshown in Fig. 1. Thus the wire or other object being drawn will be heldwhile the jaws 5 are being readjusted into engagement with another link.The foregoing operation can then be repeated. Thus a wire can be quicklytightened. Should it be desired to use the tool for turning logs or thelike, a chain is placed around the log and tightened thereon in themanner hereinbefore described. The entire tool can then be used afterthe manner of a cant hook. Obviously the jaws can be used to draw uponeither end portion of the chain.

While the device is particularly designed to be used for the purposeshereinbefore described, it has been found that it can be put to otheruses, such as drawing pumps from wells, lifting heavy weights, etc.

What is claimed is 1. A. device of the class described including a bar,a forked hook extending from each end of the bar and integral therewith,said hooks being extended in substantially the same direction, a jawpivotally connected to the bar at a point between the hooks, and ahandle connected to the jaw.

2. A. device of the class described, including a bar, a forked hook ateach end of the bar, said hooks being extended in substan tially thesame direction from the bar and being integral with the bar, a shankpivotally connected to the bar at a point between the hooks, opposedjaws at one end of the shank, and between the hooks, and a handle at theother end of the shank.

3. A device of the class described, including a bar, a forked hook ateach end of the bar, said hooks being extended in substantially the samedirection from the bar and being integral wit-h the bar, a shankpivotally connected to the bar at a point between the hooks, opposedjaws at one end of the shank and between the hooks, a handle at the Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as other end of the shank, and aflexible conmy oWn I have hereto afiixed my signature necting elementadapted to be secured at one in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

end to the structure to be stretched and at its WILLIAM M. LOTTRIDGE.other end to a fixed structure, said element Witnesses:

having integral portions adapted to be en- J; D. WEINBERG,

gaged by the forked hooks and by the jaws. ADoLPH WEINBERG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

i Washington, D. G.

